A new beaked whale (Odontoceti, Ziphiidae) from the middle Miocene of Peru

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 910-922

  Lambert, Olivier ^a   Bianucci, Giovanni ^b   Post, Klaas ^c  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTITION; FOSSIL; MIOCENE; MORPHOLOGY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; PHYLOGENETICS; SKELETON; WHALE;

PERU;

CETACEA; ODONTOCETI; TASMACETUS; ZIPHIIDAE;

EID: 77649087317     PISSN: 02724634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1671/039.029.0304     Document Type: Article

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